- Kitchener netminder John Gibson was named best puckhandling goalie and best shootout goalie in the OHL's western conference in the annual coaches poll. Gibson is 3-1 in four shootouts this year.

- Ryan Murphy finished third in best stickhandler category in said poll. Hard to believe he didn't make top three in the best skater category.

- Both Josh Leivo's goals were off backhands.

- Derek Schoenmakers almost duked it out with Terry Trafford, while Ben Thomson was jawing with him pretty hard in the first period. Trafford is the forward who delivered a hard hit that sidelined Kitchener's Ben Fanelli last week.

- Saginaw has "ice girls" who clean the frozen pitch at stoppages. Only rink in the OHL that has the clean-up crew, to my knowledge.

- Playoff dates have not been finalized but Game 1 will definitely run Friday at the Aud at 7:30 p.m. and Game 2 goes Sunday at 7 p.m. After that, the rumoured schedule is Tuesday and Thursday at the Sleeman Centre, Friday at the Aud, Sunday back in Guelph and Monday in Kitchener, if necessary.

- I have to say it's a slick games operations staff all around at the Dow Event Center. From DJ to contests to game night volunteers. A really good atmosphere in the rink.

- Matt Puempel picked up his second hat trick of the year. Hard to believe Kitchener has scored a hat trick just three times (Tobias Rieder got the other one).

- Kitchener netminder John Gibson was named best puckhandling goalie and best shootout goalie in the OHL's western conference in the annual coaches poll. Gibson is 3-1 in four shootouts this year.

- Ryan Murphy finished third in best stickhandler category in said poll. Hard to believe he didn't make top three in the best skater category.

- Both Josh Leivo's goals were off backhands.

- Derek Schoenmakers almost duked it out with Terry Trafford, while Ben Thomson was jawing with him pretty hard in the first period. Trafford is the forward who delivered a hard hit that sidelined Kitchener's Ben Fanelli last week.

- Saginaw has "ice girls" who clean the frozen pitch at stoppages. Only rink in the OHL that has the clean-up crew, to my knowledge.

- Playoff dates have not been finalized but Game 1 will definitely run Friday at the Aud at 7:30 p.m. and Game 2 goes Sunday at 7 p.m. After that, the rumoured schedule is Tuesday and Thursday at the Sleeman Centre, Friday at the Aud, Sunday back in Guelph and Monday in Kitchener, if necessary.

- I have to say it's a slick games operations staff all around at the Dow Event Center. From DJ to contests to game night volunteers. A really good atmosphere in the rink.

- Matt Puempel picked up his second hat trick of the year. Hard to believe Kitchener has scored a hat trick just three times (Tobias Rieder got the other one).